Hekkingen Lighthouse

Hekkingen Lighthouse
Hekkingen Lighthouse
Troms
Location Lenvik
Troms
Norway
Coordinates 69°36′05.9″N 17°49′47.9″E / 69.601639°N 17.829972°E / 69.601639; 17.829972Coordinates: 69°36′05.9″N 17°49′47.9″E / 69.601639°N 17.829972°E / 69.601639; 17.829972
Year first constructed 1859
Automated 1988
Construction wooden tower
Tower shape trapezoidal tower attached to the keeper's house
Markings / pattern white tower, red gallery and lantern
Height 10 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 23 metres (75 ft)
Intensity 27,000 cd
Range 14.6 nautical miles (27.0 km; 16.8 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG (2) 8s.
Racon M Edit this on Wikidata
Admiralty number L3552
NGA number 13160
ARLHS number NOR-113
Norway number NF-8625
Managing agent [1]
Heritage heritage site in Norway Edit this on Wikidata

Hekkingen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Hekkingen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the Malangen fjord in the municipality of Lenvik in Troms county, Norway. It was first lit in 1859. The lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 2000.[2]

Hekkingen Lighthouse

See also

References

  1. Hekkingen Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 8, 2016
  2. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Hekkingen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 December 2011.


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